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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scrawny/ˈskrɔːni/
adjective (scrawnier, scrawniest) unattractively thin and bony.
– derivatives
scrawniness noun.
– origin C19: var. of dial. scranny; cf. archaic scrannel ‘weak, feeble’ (referring to sound).



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